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5 days ago · Chapter XIII: The Republic of Assassination. Rome underwent the same misfortune under Pius IX that she did forty, and fifty years previously under Pius VI and Pius VII. She was again without a pope. This time it was no conquering despot dealt Rome the blow. It was given by Italian hands, and, heavens! such hands!
4 days ago · Roman Catholicism is a Christian church that has been the decisive spiritual force in the history of Western civilization. Along with Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism, it is one of the three major branches of Christianity. It is led by the pope, as the bishop of Rome, and the Holy See forms the church’s central government.
- What is the difference between Christianity and Roman Catholicism?Christianity is an important world religion that stems from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus. Roman Catholicism is the largest of the three...
- Who founded Roman Catholicism?As a branch of Christianity, Roman Catholicism can be traced to the life and teachings of Jesus Christ in Roman-occupied Jewish Palestine about 30...
- What are the Roman Catholic sacraments?In Roman Catholicism and certain other Christian churches, the sacraments are a key and essential part of the faith. In Roman Catholic teaching, th...
- Why is Roman Catholicism so prominent in Latin America?Roman Catholicism is the major religion of nearly every country in Latin America. This can be attributed in large part to the lingering effects of...
5 days ago · Defenestration of Prague, incident of Bohemian resistance to Habsburg authority that took place on May 23, 1618, preceding the Thirty Years’ War. After Roman Catholic officials in Bohemia closed Protestant chapels under construction, the imperial agents were found guilty of violating the Letter of Majesty.
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4 days ago · "Roman Hall of Justice", Young Folks' History of Rome, 1878 Reasons. A. N. Sherwin-White records that serious discussion of the reasons for Roman persecution of Christians began in 1890 when it produced "20 years of controversy" and three main opinions: first, there was the theory held by most French and Belgian scholars that "there was a general enactment, precisely formulated and valid for ...
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2 days ago · In the 3rd century, the Empire underwent a crisis that threatened its existence, as the Gallic and Palmyrene Empires broke away from the Roman state, and a series of short-lived emperors led the Empire.
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3 days ago · In eight sections he explains how the Holy Roman Empire worked and where its failings lay, and deals with the impact of the Turkish menace on Central Europe, with the Pax Hispanica and with the growing crisis of the Habsburg monarchy before 1618.
4 days ago · In response to the struggle between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, the Treaty of Venice made official the independence of the Papal States from the Holy Roman Empire in 1177. By 1300, the Papal States, along with the rest of the Italian principalities, were effectively independent.
